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Oh will you all stop making yourselves like the name Walter.......

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Cadelaide · 08/11/2008 15:34

It's just silly.

Walter ?

Was horrid 70 years ago. Still horrid now. Dennis is right.

(With apologies to all the no-doubt-lovely old Walters out there).

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Liffey · 09/11/2008 20:45

large g&t, my dad's aunts were Florence, Mabel and Violet. Lovely names. Also Mildred and Gretchen. I like them. My x was too boring. He thought the top ten was what you used to pick a name.

largeginandtonic · 09/11/2008 17:44

Excellent Flight we could be twins

Fllightthebluetouchpaper · 09/11/2008 16:50

My son wears tights.

Nancy66 · 09/11/2008 16:48

Walton???! Far more worthy of ridicule than Walter....

NorbertDentressangle · 09/11/2008 13:48

Years ago a friend of mine met a bloke in a club -she misheard his name and thought he was called Walter.

We really took the piss.

It was a few dates later before he finally corrected her and told her he was actually called Walton. She was very

largeginandtonic · 09/11/2008 13:42

Nancy excatly

Cadelaide do your children wear smoked rompers and tights for the boys?

I love Prue too Nbg, shame the chicken got the name really. I honestly thought after 5 boys and only 1 girl 8 years ago i would never have another girl. She is thrilled

fizzpops · 09/11/2008 10:26

Interestingly Jewel appears in that list, as do 'traditional' names like Emma and Catherine, Harry and Jack.

If MN had been around in the 1920s people would still have been making the same comments from one point or another. I think we all just have likes and dislikes, however we categorise them and we all have different associations with names. That is what I find interesting about the baby names threads - if everyone liked the same as me they would be very boring to read. Sometimes I even change my mind about something I previously disliked or wouldn't have considered.

Still not sure about Walter though - although thinking about it there is Walt Whitman which is kind of a cool association.

Nancy66 · 09/11/2008 10:15

I love the 'old lady/old man' names - think they're gorgeous. They're solid and they mean something - so much better than the Jade/Scarlett/Tia tosh of today

RachieB · 09/11/2008 10:12

i dont like the trend for all the old names either really

could live with some eg Elsie,Edith( Edie)Stan

some are just plain awful though ! lol

AbbeyA · 09/11/2008 09:02

I think all those early 20th century names are horrible. A lot of the old people who have them hate them, so I feel sorry for all the little tots called Elsie, Winifred, Edith, Pearl,Stanley,Reginald, Ernest etc.

fizzpops · 09/11/2008 08:48

Little bit bemused to see Robert as 376th most popular girls' name on that list... John and James also make the list.

Tell me that is a typo on behalf of whoever produced the list.....

MrsMattie · 09/11/2008 05:58

Walter? URGH.

Suedonim · 08/11/2008 21:42

Walter is horrific!!! Don't do it, anyone! And I like precisely three names on that Times list, Eleanor, Elspeth and Octavia.

StayFrosty · 08/11/2008 21:25

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Nbg · 08/11/2008 21:13

Theres an Eli in Emmerdale, so beware of the "did you get that from Emmerdale" comments
Connie is lovely. Another of my favourite girls names.

I love all the old names but dh wasn't keen. He much prefers more modern names.

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NosfeRaahhTu · 08/11/2008 19:44

i have a Millicent

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Cadelaide · 08/11/2008 19:36

Millicent also lovely.

You see, I have the coach-built silver cross and all but Walter?......no.

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RachieB · 08/11/2008 17:41

walter is horrid IMO
who would want to name their child "wally" ?!

Nbg · 08/11/2008 17:10

Ahhh

Millicent, Posy and Prudence.

Prue is gorgeous.

Heated · 08/11/2008 16:21

In Times/Telegraph BAs:
Honor
Prudence
Mabel
Sylvie
Augusta
Helena
Eleanor
Florence
Edith
Margaret
Constance
Winifred
Millicent
Bette
Myrtle
Irene
Iris
Cisely
Cora
Elspeth
Mary
Nell
Petunia
Hilde gard
Posy
Octavia

Nbg · 08/11/2008 16:10

Oh how lovely!

There are some gorgeous names on that list.

KerryMum · 08/11/2008 16:10

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largeginandtonic · 08/11/2008 16:07

Have saved it to favourites. I just flicked through, i think i should have been born in that era.

I have my huge coach built silver cross and smocked rompers waiting for her

Nbg · 08/11/2008 16:01

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